Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “whirl” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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91 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
whirl	11	49	1382	(None)
awhirl	12	6	467	1	awhirl
thirl	8	54	1682	1	thirl
whir	10	55	1928	1	whir_
whirls	12	47	1053	1	whirls
whirly	15	44	886	1	whirly
whirr	11	46	1119	1	whirr
whirs	11	52	1809	1	whirs
whorl	11	46	1245	1	whorl
birl	6	58	3047	2	_birl
chiel	10	49	1897	2	chiel
chill	10	56	1987	2	chill
chiral	11	46	1441	2	chiral
chirk	14	45	1618	2	chirk
chirm	12	53	1706	2	chirm
chiro	10	53	2034	2	chiro
chirp	12	47	1716	2	chirp
chirr	10	50	1590	2	chirr
chiru	10	53	1715	2	chiru
churl	10	59	1388	2	churl
dirl	5	74	3002	2	_dirl
girl	5	62	2655	2	_girl
harl	7	57	4000	2	_harl
herl	7	58	3455	2	_herl
hill	7	64	3949	2	_hill
hire	7	55	3896	2	_hire
hurl	7	60	2993	2	_hurl
phial	10	3	1320	2	phial
shiel	8	110	2377	2	shiel
shill	8	53	2533	2	shill
shire	8	47	2713	2	shire
shirk	12	48	1784	2	shirk
shirr	8	47	1692	2	shirr
shirt	8	45	3390	2	shirt
shorl	8	47	2025	2	shorl
skirl	9	60	1291	2	skirl
swirl	8	45	1414	2	swirl
thill	8	59	1873	2	thill
thiol	8	76	1604	2	thiol
thir	7	64	2054	2	thir_
third	9	59	1249	2	third
thirls	9	50	1206	2	thirls
thurl	8	49	1268	2	thurl
tirl	4	50	2992	2	_tirl
twirl	8	50	1194	2	twirl
virl	7	62	2447	2	_virl
wail	7	52	3882	2	wai_l
wair	7	58	3005	2	wair_
wairs	8	64	2406	2	wairs
weir	7	60	1992	2	weir_
weird	9	51	1128	2	weird
weirs	8	43	1649	2	weirs
wharf	14	3	1582	2	wharf
wheal	11	57	1618	2	wheal
wheel	11	55	1533	2	wheel
where	11	70	1942	2	where
which	16	39	1008	2	which
whid	11	54	1887	2	whi_d
whids	12	54	1398	2	whids
whiff	17	3	1006	2	whiff
whig	11	55	1642	2	whi_g
whigs	12	56	1264	2	whigs
while	11	54	1869	2	while
whim	12	62	2053	2	whi_m
whims	13	45	1533	2	whims
whin	10	52	2569	2	whi_n
whine	11	60	2281	2	whine
whins	11	49	2233	2	whins
whiny	14	49	1557	2	whiny
whip	12	55	2184	2	whi_p
whips	13	49	1708	2	whips
whipt	13	53	1742	2	whipt
whirled	14	36	804	2	whirled
whirler	13	30	760	2	whirler
whirrs	12	40	859	2	whirrs
whirry	15	47	706	2	whirry
whish	14	45	1292	2	whish
whisk	15	45	1014	2	whisk
whist	11	53	2295	2	whist
whit	10	48	3417	2	whi_t
white	11	49	2030	2	white
whits	11	59	2382	2	whits
whity	14	55	1347	2	whity
whiz	19	59	1994	2	whi_z
whizz	19	42	1032	2	whizz
whore	11	60	1804	2	whore
whorls	12	44	1016	2	whorls
whort	11	46	2369	2	whort
will	7	57	3751	2	w_ill
wire	7	58	3981	2	w_ire
wiry	10	64	2283	2	w_iry

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	53800	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	91	1.500	35866.7
3	Display Results	91	91	0.016	5687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	91	1.812	98615.3